Dave Pelzer
Dave Pelzer
David James "Dave" Pelzer is an American author, of several autobiographical and self-help books. He is best known for his 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth29 December 1960
CityDaly City, CA
CountryUnited States of America
grateful past forever
Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever.
lying dark past
It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.
I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.
cowboy expect generation gotta great greatness happens matter supposed wanna
You're Generation Next. Cowboy up. We're supposed to expect greatness from you. You wanna be great, you gotta be great in everything you do every day. Righteousness always prevails. If you're good-hearted and good-headed, no matter what happens to you, you will prevail.
drop jet life middle private somalia tougher
Life can be tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. You think you got problems? Get in my private jet and we'll go to Somalia or Rwanda. I'll drop you off in the middle of Baghdad.
my-family brady-bunch bunch
I was abused my family was the "brady bunch
schwarzenegger
I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.
cancer hate cells
Hate is a cancer that spreads one cell at a time.
two tragedy
Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.
school care foster-care
Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.
years hours
I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day,
book years
I buy thousands of books a year.
knows i-can
I know I can be very standoffish . . .
mother home men
well, young man," the judge began, what it biols down to this if the court so desires and if you belive that your home setting is undesirable... you may return and desire with your mother at your home residents